After looking through my LFS not Petco or Petsmart, my LFS I noticed that many of the bettas are in horrible condition. Worst than Petco and Petsmart and so I bought one. Turns out, the beautiful OJ male betta can't swim down and is all floaty.

So, thinking to myself it could be a swim bladder problem and so I am now in fasting and epsom bathing my new betta.

As of now, he is floating and can't swim down, was wondering if this could be swim bladder?

He has a lump on his body near his tail, literally right before his tail.

I cannot see the lump/bump. Looks a bit curved if anything. A better pic would help. Just do the epsom bath for a few days and see if he improves. Try getting him to eat tomorrow. A 2 days fast is enough. You want to make sure he's actually eating though.

Been giving him Epsom and one pea, nothing happened yet. Tomorrow I will get him back on his pellet food and see how well he is doing. As of now, a picture is unlikely haha. But will get one later tonight. Seems like he is tooo stressed from trying to swim down.

These pictures aren't working either. The pea will do more harm than good if the Betta eats a bit more than this: o
They are insectivores not vegans. Their digestive tract is for protein and meat, they can't really help with the roughness of veggies or fruit.